Index of articles by Prof. Dorit Rubinstein Reiss

Editor’s note – this index of articles by Dorit Rubinstein Reiss has been updated and published here. The comments here are closed, and you can comment at the new article.

Dorit Rubinstein Reiss – Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San Francisco, CA) – is a frequent contributor to this and many other blogs, providing in-depth, and intellectually stimulating, articles about vaccines (generally, but sometimes moving to other areas of medicine), social policy and the law. Her articles usually unwind the complexities of legal issues with vaccinations and legal policies, such as mandatory vaccination and exemptions, with facts and citations. I know a lot of writers out there will link to one of her articles here as a sort of primary source to tear down a bogus antivaccine message.

Professor Reiss writes extensively in law journals about the social and legal policies of vaccination–she really is a well-published expert in this area of vaccine policy, and doesn’t stand on the pulpit with a veneer of Argument from Authority, but is actually an authority. Additionally, Reiss is also member of the Parent Advisory Board of Voices for Vaccines, a parent-led organization that supports and advocates for on-time vaccination and the reduction of vaccine-preventable disease.

Below is a list of articles that Dorit Rubinstein Reiss has written for this blog, organized into some arbitrary and somewhat broad categories for easy reference. Of course, she has written articles about vaccines and legal issues in other locations, which I intend to link here at a later date. This article will be updated as new articles from Dorit are added here.

Ad hominem attacks on Dorit Rubinstein Reiss

The Hate Debate of the antivaccination cult–Actually, this article wasn’t written by Professor Reiss, but by me. It’s about the character and Ad hominem attacks, sometimes creepy and racist, on her. Despite the fact that her articles are intellectual and balanced, the only response from the antivaccine cult is hate speech.

Andrew Wakefield

Refuting one of the tropes that Andrew Wakefield was wronged–The cunning fraudster, Andrew Wakefield, gets his own category, since now that his “science” has been shown to be a fraud, all that’s left is the law. In this article, Professor Reiss deconstructs the myth that because Wakefield’s partner had some charges dropped, that applies to Wakefield. It doesn’t.

Brian Hooker’s vaccine injury claim denied by NVICP – Dr. Hooker, one of the characters behind the “CDC whistleblower” conspiracy in the documentary, Vaxxed, had been motivated by his own personal story about vaccines and autism. He lost his case to prove that link.

Parents, Children, Loss of Custody and Immunization–Oddly, an antivaccine couple insisted that they still had the right to refuse vaccines for their children, even after they lost custody to the state. That this is an actual legal case is shocking to me, but Professor Reiss explains it.

Maryland private schools can exclude unvaccinated children – Professor Reiss reviews a recent ruling in Maryland that gives private schools and daycares the right to exclude unvaccinated children to protect other children from vaccine preventable diseases. This is good news for those of us who want to protect the lives of children.

Vaccines and religious exemptions – recent legal decision – The Supreme Court of the US has refused to review appeals of rulings by the City of New York Department of Education regarding unvaccinated children. Previous rulings that vaccines are safe and necessary for the common good stand.

Other websites

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in January 2015. It is regularly updated to include new articles published by Professor Reiss.

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